Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8)

Part 2 U.K. Double taxation relief

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 2 modified by 1988 c. 1, Sch. 19ABA paras. 26-28 (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 8 para. 34(3) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22))

C2 Pt. 2 applied by 2010 c. 4, s. 269DL(6) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 Pt. 3 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 3 para. 1)

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Double taxation relief by way of credit

Limits on credit: general rules U.K.

33 Limit on credit: minimisation of the foreign tax U.K.

(1) The credit under section 18(2) must not exceed the credit which would be allowed had all reasonable steps been taken—

(a) under the law of the non-UK territory, and

(b) under double taxation arrangements made in relation to that territory,

to minimise the amount of tax payable in that territory.

(2) The steps mentioned in subsection (1) include—

(a) claiming, or otherwise securing the benefit of, reliefs, deductions, reductions or allowances, and

(b) making elections for tax purposes.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), any question as to the steps which it would have been reasonable for a person to take is to be determined on the basis of what the person might reasonably be expected to have done in the absence of relief under this Part.